Penrhiwceiber railway station explained

Penrhiwceiber
Native Name:cy|Penrhiw-ceibr
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Penrhiwceiber, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Country:Wales
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Transport for Wales
Platforms:1
Code:PER
Classification:DfT category F2
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:13

Penrhiwceiber railway station (cy|Gorsaf Reilffordd Penrhiwceibr) serves the village of Penrhiwceiber, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located on the Aberdare branch of the Merthyr Line between the town of Mountain Ash and the village of Abercynon. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales.

History

A station at this location was first opened by the Taff Vale Railway on 1 June 1883, and was originally named Penrhiwceiber; it was renamed Penrhiwceiber Low Level by the Great Western Railway on 1 July 1924. It was closed by the Western Region of British Railways on 16 March 1964 and a new station, named Penrhiwceiber, provided for reopening of the branch to passengers on 3 October 1988.[1] [2] [3]

Services

There is a half-hourly service in each direction on Mondays to Saturdays: northbound to and southbound to and . This drops to hourly in the evenings.[4]

On Sundays, there is an hourly service between Aberdare and Cardiff Central. The increase in the Sunday service frequency is due to a campaign by the local Assembly Member and a successful trial in December 2017; the extra services began in April 2018.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hutton, John. The Taff Vale Railway, vol. 1. Silver Link. 2006 . 978-1-85794-249-1 .
  2. Book: Mitchell . Vic . Smith . Keith. Pontypridd to Merthyr. Middleton Press. 2012 . 978-1-908174-14-7.
  3. Book: Butt, R.V.J. . The Directory of Railway Stations . 1995 . Patrick Stephens Ltd . Yeovil . 1-85260-508-1 . R508 . 183 .
  4. Web site: Timetables . Transport for Wales . 2 June 2024 . 15 November 2024 .
  5. Web site: Extra Sunday Aberdare services confirmed after successful pilot . 28 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180428182030/https://arrivatrainswales-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/extra-sunday-aberdare-services-confirmed-after-successful-trial . 28 April 2018 . dead .